Yankee cheese-box en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
-
(US, dated, slang) The USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.
The old description of her departed predecessor, " a Yankee cheese-box on a raft," will give one a better idea of her external appearance than any chapter which could be written.
1866, William O. Blake, Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion, volume 2, page 228:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee cheese-boxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |